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BBG Watch Commentary Respect must be earned by managers and that’s something that senior executives in charge of taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) have failed to do with disastrous consequences for the mission and journalists, as seen…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary In response to the recent developments around რადიო თავისუფლება, the Georgian Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), a group of six former RFE/RL Vaclav Havel Fellows wrote a highly critical letter to the senior management and…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Some of the most prominent academics, writers, artists, and human rights activists in Georgia have signed an open letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate and the White…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary UK-based award-winning investigative reporter Shahida Tulaganova joined another award-winning journalist Khadija Ismayilova, a former political prisoner in Azerbaijan, in criticizing the management of their former employer, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) for killing journalism, creativity…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary After quitting in frustration her freelancer position with U.S. tax-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), award-winning investigative journalist Khadija Ismailova (alternative spelling Khadija Ismayil), who while still working for RFE/RL was at one time a…Read more

BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE Commentary BBG Watch has learned from multiple sources in Washington, DC and Tbilisi, Georgia that senior management of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is putting pressure on its Georgian Service to affiliate with a domestic private Georgian…Read more

BBG Watch Media Former director of Radio Liberty during the fall of communism in the Soviet block and former presidentially-appointed member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), S. Enders Wimbush, has published highly critical comments about Radio Farda, the…Read more

OPINION Maximum Buffoonery US International Media Information War Lost By The Federalist If there is one thing officials of US International Media have in inexhaustible supply, it would be buffoonery. Consider the latest offering, an agency blog…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has found more evidence of Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) repeating anti-Israel propaganda emanating from Iran’s autocratic religious leaders without any balance, context, or counter provided by the U.S. taxpayer-funded media entity (Annual…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Working without proper guidance and leadership from the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) or their own senior management, some reporters, editors and managers at American tax-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) are helping to…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary In the end even the Obama White House had enough of the “practically defunct“ (Hillary Clinton’s words) Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) which has for years mismanaged U.S. international media outreach. Under a deal between the White…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Hillary Clinton when she was U.S. Secretary of State called the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) (FY2017 Budget of $777 million) a “practically defunct“ federal agency. She made this statement in 2013. Today, the agency is even…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell’s trip to Russia turned out to be a disaster because he foolishly chose to travel to a country run by an ex-KGB officer, using his regular rather than a…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary If you think that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), run by current and former Hollywood and TV entertainment industry executives, some of whom have been doing private business in Putin’s Russia, can counter anti-American propaganda and…Read more

OPINION This is a guest commentary. Other opinions are welcome. Broadcasting Board of Governors Needs More Statesmanship, Not Salesmanship Will there be another BBG “Mission to Moscow” or VOA video with terrorist message? By Ted Lipien …Read more

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The long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio. To be effective, the Voice of America must win the attention and respect of listeners. These principles will therefore govern Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts:

1. VOA will serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news. VOA news will be accurate, objective, and comprehensive.

2. VOA will represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions.

3. VOA will present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively, and will also present responsible discussions and opinion on these policies.

Gerald R. Ford

President of the United States of America

Signed July 12, 1976

Public Law 94-350

Violations of VOA Charter

In 2016, the Voice of America posted one-sided attacks on Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in violation of the VOA Charter.